Advancing the Culture of Death
EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
Peter Hung Manh Tran, C.Ss.R

“Among the most pressing issues in bio-medical ethics today are Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. This work provides an analysis of the contemporary debates and a response from Catholic moral theology. An especially valuable feature is the clear presentation of arguments in favour of Euthanasia and those against. The author then engages in critical evaluation of both sides of the argument. He concludes with an assessment on the basis of the arguments offered by Catholic moral theology. There is a careful analysis of the Catholic position that seeks to distinguish between those aspects which are based on reason and those which derive from Catholic faith. This approach will be particularly helpful for those engaged in public debate and who are therefore concerned to develop a reasoned foundation for their positions. The careful analysis of both sides would make the book appealing to teaching institutions where a discussion of different points of view is of special importance. . . . I would strongly recommend this book to all who are concerned with these vital human issues.”
Brian V Johnstone, C.Ss.R., Professor of Moral Theology/Christian Ethics
The Alphonsian Academy, Rome

Peter Hung Manh Tran was born in South Vietnam. After migrating to Australia as a refugee in 1982, he joined the Redemptorist Order and was ordained a priest in 1994. He obtained a Bachelor of Theology in 1992, Master of Theology in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Moral Theology in 2003. He has lectured in moral theology at the Redemptorist Major Seminary in Vietnam. He is the author of three other books, including Bioethics and the Contemporary Challenges. His current interest is human cloning and stem cell research.